Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine Alexei Danilov said that President Vladimir Zelensky instructed to increase the number of territorial defense forces to 2 million people. About this writes RIA Novosti. “We must maximize the number of our military, who will deal with territorial defense issues, <...> the quantity <...> should reach two million citizens <...> who will be ready to protect our country if necessary,” he said.

The ruble is weakening amid rising geopolitical tensions over the situation with Ukraine, according to data from Investing.com. exchange rate The dollar at 22:05 reached 77.44 rubles, the euro - 87.73. At the same time, oil is getting more expensive: RBC notes that April Brent futures were trading above $95 tonight, for the first time since October 2014. Today, the Israeli Foreign Ministry announced the evacuation of diplomats from Kiev in connection with the situation around Ukraine.

The Canadian government has declared a state of emergency in Ontario amid protests by truckers against covid restrictions, reports . CBC for more than two weeks now .

The Ministry of Justice has added Alexandra Ainbinder to the register of media outlets performing the function of a “foreign agent”. This is evidenced by the registry data. Ainbinder was 116th on the list. Sota.Vision specifies that she is the founder of the publication.

The Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced the evacuation of diplomats from Kyiv in connection with the situation around Ukraine. It is reported by Haaretz. Also, the country's Foreign Ministry issued a warning, according to which citizens of the country are not recommended to visit Ukraine.

The Central District Court of Tula sentenced to terms of up to four years in a strict regime colony three defendants in the case of searching for personal data, which were then used in the investigations of politician Alexei Navalny. This was reported on the website of the court. The longest term, four years of strict regime, was received by Alexander Zelentsov. Pyotr Katkov and Igor Zaitsev each received two years in a colony-settlement with a fine of 90,000 rubles each.

As a political scientist, translator and mathematician recognized as extremist scripture Photo: Mikhail Metzel / TASS From the editorial office How do Russian humanities become jailers, scammers and voluntary participants in mass repressions? The New Gazeta repeatedly tried to deal with this, reading the judicial acts and communicating with specialists.

The Zoloft antidepressant with the active ingredient sertraline, which disappeared from pharmacies, began to be sold on the dark web. It is reported by Znak.com. In St. Petersburg, four shady stores put the drug up for sale, but its price on the dark web is twice the market price (about 600 rubles). After pre-ordering the drug, you still need to wait for some time, and you can pick it up using “bookmarks” (a popular way to distribute goods purchased in the shadow markets).

The Russian anti-doping agency (RUSADA) began an investigation against the personnel of the skater Kamila Valieva due to a positive doping test. This is stated on the RUSADA website. Photo: RIA Novosti The report said that Valieva passed a doping test in December, she was studied by the Stockholm Anti-Doping Laboratory. The results became known only on February 7th.

Junior nurses of the Kolomna Perinatal Center Natalya Trukhina and Iolanta Rusotskaya announced the end of the hunger strike. This was announced by the trade union of health workers "Action". The decision was agreed with all the doctors who signed an open statement on the protest action in January. The nurses' hunger strike was ended after they were relieved of some of the extra burden they complained about.

At a meeting in the Achkhoy-Martan District Court of Chechnya, the prosecution requested eight and a half and six and a half years in prison for Chechens Salekh Magamadov and Ismail Isaev on charges of aiding illegal armed groups (IAGs) (part 5 of article 33, part 2 of article 208 UK). This was reported to Novaya Gazeta by the SK SOS crisis group.

Why did the trams in Moscow go less often? The driver and depthrans respond Photo: Nikita Ilyin, especially for "New" “Look: the time the car flew out,” Dmitry Korolev believes aloud. - Here - two! Where are they going? The tram has a priority on the road! From the depot near the Strogino metro station, our car is sent on a 15th route-new, white, cleaned.

Governor of the Kaluga Region Vladislav Shapsha signed a decree prohibiting migrants from working in catering and retail trade, as well as in passenger transportation and recruitment agencies. This was reported by the press service of the regional government. According to the decree, organizations will have to replace employees with Russian citizens within three months. Thus, migrants will not be able to work in cafes and restaurants, transport and taxis.

Memory of Evgenia Brik Evgenia Brik. Photo: Vladimir Smirnov / TASS I found a very recent, December post of Zhenya Brik in the social network. Old photo with a plastic cup of coffee against the backdrop of a frozen nonsense. Blok verses: *Petersburg twilight snow. A look on the street, roses in the house ... Thoughts - exactly the girl has tender, But what - and I don’t understand.* And the postscript: “How I love this wonderful city ...

What is happening with Nikita Uvarov now and how to help him, they ask the “new”. We answer In the courtroom on February 10. Mother and son of Uvarov. Photo of a lawyer V. Vasin Nikita Uvarov is in the pre-trial detention center of Kansk. Here is the correspondence of the defenders published with their permission - everything is clear from it, it does not require comment.